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HP vs SHEL

Side-by-side comparison of Helmerich & Payne Inc. (HP) and Shell PLC (SHEL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HP and SHEL operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SHEL is the larger of the two at $248.15B, about 66.3x HP ($3.74B).
  • Over the past year, HP is up 112.5% and SHEL is up 25.1% - HP leads by 87.4 points.
  • SHEL has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for HP).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceHP+112.51%SHEL+25.14%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricHPSHEL
Company
Helmerich & Payne Inc.
Shell PLC
Price
$37.45-5.46%
$85.39-1.56%
Market cap
$3.74B
$248.15B
1M return
-5.99%
-2.05%
1Y return
+112.51%
+25.14%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2022
News (4w)
3
9
Recent ratings
25
25
HP

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides drilling services and solutions for exploration and production companies. The company operates through three segments: North America Solutions, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, and International Solutions. The North America Solutions segment drills primarily in Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. It also focuses on developing, promoting, and commercializing technologies designed to enhance the drilling operations, as well as wellbore quality and placement. The Offshore Gulf of Mexico segment has drilling operations in Louisiana and in U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The International Solutions segment conducts drilling operations in Argentina, Bahrain, Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates. As of September 30, 2020, the company operated a fleet of 262 land rigs in North America; 32 international land rigs; and 8 offshore platform rigs. It also owns, develops, and operates commercial real estate properties. The company's real estate investments include a shopping center comprising approximately 389,000 leasable square feet; retail and multi-tenant warehouse space; and approximately 210 acres of undeveloped real estate located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

SHEL

Shell PLC

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such ase low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services, as well as electricity storage. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.